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Vit K shot and eye drops

Does anyone know where I can find information about whether these are
required by law in my state (Minnesota)? I've read that I can refuse it
but some states require it. I'd like to have some information on hand
in case I need it at the hospital (I am having a hospital birth with a midwife for insurance reasons).

They can still make life hellish for a bit even if you do this. I have a friend that declined both. The nurse informed her that the hospital was obligated to contact CPS (child protective services) if she refused. She still refused. She was discharged from the hospital on a Tuesday. On Wednesday she was contacted by CPS. Of course she'd done nothing wrong but they still made her jump through hoops. Two months later they closed the case. I couldn't take the chance of having a CPS case opened. Due to my job as soon as one was opened I'd be suspended without pay and would be under investigation by DIDS (Department of Intellectual Disability Services). Of course I was just wanting to refuse the eye ointment. We delay the Hep B and since I have malabsorption issues I feel in my situation it's beneficial for baby to recieve Vit K. Now if I didn't have those malabsorption issues I'd feel differently.

Quoting truealaskanmom:

They are not required by law in any state. They will lie and say they are but they are not, and if you bring info with about why they are stupid then you are fine.

They can still make life hellish for a bit even if you do this. I have a friend that declined both. The nurse informed her that the hospital was obligated to contact CPS (child protective services) if she refused. She still refused. She was discharged from the hospital on a Tuesday. On Wednesday she was contacted by CPS. Of course she'd done nothing wrong but they still made her jump through hoops. Two months later they closed the case. I couldn't take the chance of having a CPS case opened. Due to my job as soon as one was opened I'd be suspended without pay and would be under investigation by DIDS (Department of Intellectual Disability Services). Of course I was just wanting to refuse the eye ointment. We delay the Hep B and since I have malabsorption issues I feel in my situation it's beneficial for baby to recieve Vit K. Now if I didn't have those malabsorption issues I'd feel differently.

Quoting truealaskanmom:

They are not required by law in any state. They will lie and say they are but they are not, and if you bring info with about why they are stupid then you are fine.

They usually won't open a case over it because it is stupid and it is the parents right to refuse medication for their children. My state is staunch about it and I didn't even get bothered at all.

Check out this site, I found a lot of useful information just by browsing around. It may have just what you are looking for.

http://www.givingbirthnaturally.com/newborn-vitamin-k.html

Thanks for the reference! I love that website and have gotten a lot of info off there before.

I'm a little worried about a CPS incident, but we have a very naturally minded hospital, as far as hospitals go, so I don't think the Vit K or eye drops will be a big deal (I just wanted to have info just in case). I'm going to bring it up at my next midwife appointment next week.

Around here CPS tends to be a pill I guess they don't have enough work. I got a call from a caseworker the other day asking me if I'd recieved the information mailed to me about the newborn hearing screening that my newborn needed to have redone. I told her yes I have but I haven't had a chance to reschedule it. What I find interesting about the call is first of all Tennessee is very explicit in the fact that the hearing screening is not mandatory. Secondly, it's not that he failed the test at the hospital. For the first test he had too much mucus for a good read. The second test the examiner couldn't get the machine to work right.

Quoting truealaskanmom:

Quoting DixieFlower:

They can still make life hellish for a bit even if you do this. I have a friend that declined both. The nurse informed her that the hospital was obligated to contact CPS (child protective services) if she refused. She still refused. She was discharged from the hospital on a Tuesday. On Wednesday she was contacted by CPS. Of course she'd done nothing wrong but they still made her jump through hoops. Two months later they closed the case. I couldn't take the chance of having a CPS case opened. Due to my job as soon as one was opened I'd be suspended without pay and would be under investigation by DIDS (Department of Intellectual Disability Services). Of course I was just wanting to refuse the eye ointment. We delay the Hep B and since I have malabsorption issues I feel in my situation it's beneficial for baby to recieve Vit K. Now if I didn't have those malabsorption issues I'd feel differently.

Quoting truealaskanmom:

They are not required by law in any state. They will lie and say they are but they are not, and if you bring info with about why they are stupid then you are fine.

They usually won't open a case over it because it is stupid and it is the parents right to refuse medication for their children. My state is staunch about it and I didn't even get bothered at all.

I agree with all these ladies- it is your legal right as a parents to refuse any medical treatment for your child. Maybe you can state religious reasons? In my area, that shuts Social Services right up. No one wants a lawsuit over religious discrimination.

We went ahead and had the eye drops, but not the vitk shot. The nurse was more than happy not to give the shot, and explained beforehand what they're for and why we may/may not want them. She told us to consider that we have no HepB risk factors, so we didn't and still haven't gotten it.

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